Get ready for a very cool, very important and very small big cat…     Remember the Jaguar C-X16? That gorgeous, compact sports car that gave a passing nod to the E-Type? Well, good news because Jag is going to build it, and will call it… the F-Type. Yes, 37 years after the E-Type disappeared, [...]

Beemer lifts the lid on its i concept. A fine vision of the future (UPDATE: now with added video)   i8 Spyder. Not the sound of a Wurzel expressing hatred for an arachnid, but BMW’s roofless, two-seat hybrid concept. It’ll be unveiled at this year’s Beijing auto show later this month and is, as you’d [...]

  My backside is in roughly the spot that you’d usually find a rear passenger’s shoes. Which means that from where I’m sitting – head buried behind B-pillar – I can’t see the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Merc idling rowdily beside me. Can’t see anything much at all, in fact. Except skyscrapers. Hope the other drivers [...]

Swiss tuner officially selected by Lotus to customise Elise, Exige and Evora     Lotus has announced that Swiss tuner Mansory will be the carmaker’s ‘official customisation studio’. The infamous tuning house – yes, that one – will collaborate with Lotus in an official capacity, contributing bodywork, trim and special finishes for the Elise, Exige [...]

Watch a 2000hp twin-turbo Ford hit a new standing mile record at the 2012 Texas mile     I think I can do better in the lower gears next time and we can run an even better speed,” says Sean Kennedy, driver of the twin-turbo Hennessey-powered Ford GTthat has just set a new record at [...]

Dark Knight gets stopped in his Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder by officers. Wait, what?   A simple, unequivocal statement released from Montgomery County police officers reads as follows: “Yes, Batman was stopped by officers on Wednesday, March 21, on southbound Route 29 at Prelude Drive, Silver Springs, for no tags on Batmobile.” That’s right, Batman. Police [...]

We’ve all had our 205 GTI moments. Yammering about the place in a feather-light, bone-simple, screaming, little hatchback. Not giving a stuff for build quality or fancy equipment (at least, not beyond a honkingly loud stereo). And determinedly squeezing to the back of our minds any thoughts of the moment when bravery meets inexperience and [...]